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SC accelerates case questioning anti-graft law provision

July 21, 2023

The Indian Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, is moving to expedite a public interest litigation (PIL) that challenges the constitutional legitimacy of a clause in the nation’s anti-corruption statute. The debated clause requires pre-approval to investigate a government official accused of corruption. This litigation, initiated by...

ISRO advances Gaganyaan mission with successful propulsion system test

July 21, 2023

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made significant strides in the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program, marking a successful test of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) at its Propulsion Complex in Tamil Nadu. According to ISRO, the test involved five liquid apogee motor (LAM) engines with a thrust...

Nearly 3,000 AIIMS researchers risk job loss, stage protest

July 21, 2023

Nearly 3,000 researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) face a potential threat to their jobs, prompting a protest against the AIIMS Director today. This uncertainty has been ignited by a letter from the Ministry of Health to AIIMS, proposing a significant policy shift. The letter suggests...

Reddy stages road sit-in over obstructed housing site inspection

July 21, 2023

Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy, along with fellow party leaders, made headlines yesterday as they initiated a sit-in protest on the road. The leaders were halted by police officers as they attempted to visit a BRS government housing scheme site for the underprivileged. Reddy expressed his...

Stalin advocates for Tamil fishermen’s rights

July 21, 2023

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to leverage the imminent visit of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to safeguard the historical fishing rights of Indian fishermen. Stalin underscored significant issues such as the return of Katchatheevu island and the respect of Tamil-speaking people’s...

Karnataka Assembly’s power dynamics shift amidst MLAs suspension

July 21, 2023

In a day of high drama in the Karnataka Assembly on July 20, Speaker U T Khader, accompanied by Deputy Speaker Rudrappa Lamani and Assembly Secretary M K Vishalakshi, briefed Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on the unfolding political crisis precipitated by the suspension of ten BJP MLAs until the session’s end....

4 arrested after outrage over horrific Manipur Video

July 21, 2023

Another man has been arrested in connection with the horrific case of two women being paraded naked in Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said this evening amid nationwide outrage. The police said two others have been arrested as well. One of the alleged perpetrators was arrested this morning, the...

NCW directs Twitter India to remove ‘disgraceful’ Manipur video

July 21, 2023

The National Commission for Women (NCW) said Thursday it has formally directed Twitter India to remove a video that shows the “disgraceful act” of two women being paraded naked and assaulted in the violence-hit Manipur. Tension mounted in the hills of Manipur after the May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday...

New IT rules under which Twitter was asked by government to take down video on Manipur women

July 21, 2023

The Indian government introduced a new amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, or IT Rules, which gives the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) unrestricted power to create a “fact check unit” to identify false or misleading online content. Failure by...

13 killed in Maharashtra’s Raigad landslide

July 21, 2023

As many as 13 people died, including one rescuer, after the landslide occurred at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, police said. “12 bodies have been retrieved from the debris in Irshalwadi, Raigad; also, one rescuer died of cardiac arrest. Total of 13 deaths till now,” police...

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